The results depicted in Figure 1 and Table 1 in combination show that despite not having a higher large truck crash rate considering the amount of freight vehicle movements within the City, when compared to crashes involving other modes, large truck-involved crashes in Fort Worth have a higher share than that in the other cities and the statewide average. City of Fort Worth also has the highest share of Freight trips among all trips.
Table 1: CMV and Large Truck Crashes per Freight VMT
Statewide Average
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Austin Dallas
El Paso Houston
Total Crashes CMV Crashes
2,705,297 68,936
65,747
169,629 76,840
328,787
195,898
187,594
6,193
1,711
13,073
3,959
17,782
9,930
% of CMV-Involved Crashes Large Truck Crashes % of Large Truck Crash
6.90%
9.00% 5,943 8.60%
2.60% 2,160 3.30%
7.70% 11,239 6.60%
5.20% 3,656 4.80%
5.40% 16,018 4.90%
5.10% 9,362 4.80%
200,215
7.40%
Freight Trips 1
4,622,536 229,307 160,270 328,578 106,784 609,195
250,383
% of Freight Trips among All Trips Average Freight Trip Miles 1 Median Freight Trip Miles 1 CMV Crashes per One Million Freight Trip VMT 2 Large Truck Crashes per One Million Freight Trip VMT
3.95%
3.96%
2.72%
3.75%
3.27%
3.19%
3.14%
23
36
31
37
25
21
33
10
16
9
15
6
8
9
1,734
744
340
1,075
1,507
1,410
1,187
1,851
714
429
924
1,392
1,270
1,119
Truck crashes, when they occur, can result in serious injuries and death, in addition to causing disruptions that delay truck travel. Even non-recurring or less severe crashes can still disrupt travel and create delays, impacting freight reliability, consumers, and businesses alike. This trend proposed the need for better freight safety analysis and freight traffic management in Fort Worth.
1 Source: Replica . These are typical daily trips on a weekday from Replica. Freight trips were obtained by filtering down to commercial vehicle (freight) mode and intersecting with the city (trips that started, ended, or passed through the selected city); Replica confidence
level to the total trip data - High Certainty, freight trip data - Medium Certainty 2 Freight Trip VMT are calculated by multiplying freight trips with average miles
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